EP1088708B1 - Dispositif de coussin gonflable - Google Patents

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EP1088708B1
EP1088708B1 EP00121022A EP00121022A EP1088708B1 EP 1088708 B1 EP1088708 B1 EP 1088708B1 EP 00121022 A EP00121022 A EP 00121022A EP 00121022 A EP00121022 A EP 00121022A EP 1088708 B1 EP1088708 B1 EP 1088708B1
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Kazuyoshi c/o Nihon Plast Co. Ltd Nishijima
Kazuhiro c/o Nihon Plast Co. Ltd Kaneko
Tsuyoshi c/o Nihon Plast Co. Ltd Watanabe
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/23—Inflatable members
    • B60R21/231—Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
    • B60R21/233—Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration comprising a plurality of individual compartments; comprising two or more bag-like members, one within the other
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/23—Inflatable members
    • B60R21/231—Inflatable members characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration
    • B60R21/2334—Expansion control features
    • B60R21/2346—Soft diffusers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/20—Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components
    • B60R21/203—Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components in steering wheels or steering columns
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/23—Inflatable members
    • B60R21/239—Inflatable members characterised by their venting means

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  • the present invention relates to an air bag device mounted on a steering wheel for protecting a driver according to the preamble part of the independent claim 1.
  • Some of the air bags are of a type for a driver, that is mounted on a boss potion of a steering wheel. Upon a vehicle collision, gas is rushed into the air bag to instantly expand the same thereby to safely hold the upper half of the driver.
  • Some of the air bags are of a type that comprises front and rear circular woven fabrics of Nylon (trade name) whose peripheries are sewed together. Thus, when applied with no gas, the air bag is shaped flat.
  • the front fabric that faces the boss portion of the steering wheel is formed with a gas inlet opening, and a peripheral portion of the gas inlet opening is fixed to the boss portion of the steering wheel.
  • An inflater is also mounted on the boss portion, which has a gas outlet connected to the gas inlet opening of the air bag.
  • the air bag is kept folded small and housed in a container mounted on the boss portion.
  • a certain amount of gas is instantly ejected from the inflater to expand the air bag.
  • the air bag breaks the container and gets out of the same and safely holds the upper half of the driver.
  • JP 7-149199 proposes a measure that forces the air bag to expand laterally flat.
  • a so-called gas guide fabric is installed in the air bag, by which the gas is guided to flow laterally outward. More specifically, within the air bag, there is installed a circular inner fabric as the gas guide fabric, that is arranged to cover over the gas inlet opening and has a peripheral portion sewed on spaced portions of the front circular woven fabric of the air bag. Upon gas generation, the gas is forced to flow through the sewed spaced portions.
  • vent openings are provided in the front circular woven fabric around the periphery of the circular inner fabric.
  • the air bag device of the above-mentioned publication has failed to give users satisfaction. That is, due to its inherent construction, a larger amount of gas is discharged through the vent openings without contributing to expansion of the air bag. This brings about a need of increasing capacity and size of the inflater and lowering the air bag expansion speed. If, for solving this drawback, the vent openings are positioned away from the gas inlet opening, that is, near the periphery of the front circular woven fabric, a new drawback tends to occur. That is, in this case, at a final stage of the air bag expansion, the hot gas discharged from the vent openings may be directed toward the upper half of the driver. Thus, to cool the gas, additional measure becomes needed.
  • an air bag device comprising: first and second fabrics having peripheral portions sewed together to constitute a bag structure; a gas inlet opening formed in said first fabric; a third fabric smaller in size than said first and second fabrics, said third fabric being installed in said bag structure in a manner to cover over said gas inlet opening; a plurality of sewed portions defining closed areas by which said first and third fabrics are sewed together; a plurality of gas flow passages provided between said first and third fabrics, each gas flow passage being defined between neighboring two of said closed areas; and a vent opening that extends through at least one of said closed areas and is defined in one of the sewed portions between said first and third fabrics to provide a communication between a major portion of the interior of said bag structure and the outside of the same, wherein said third fabric comprises a center portion which covers over said gas inlet opening; and an annular intermediate portion which is connected to said first fabric through said sewed portions, wherein said third fabric further comprises a peripheral portion which is free from said first fabric
  • FIGs. 1 and 2 there is shown an air bag device 1A of a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the air bag device 1A shown in these drawings shows an expanded condition of the air bag.
  • a cover member 10 shown is in a broken condition.
  • the air bag device 1A is mounted on a boss portion 4 of a steering wheel 3 for protecting a driver D (see Fig. 3D) upon a vehicle collision.
  • the steering wheel 3 is connected to an upper end of a steering shaft which is inclined with respect to a vehicle floor.
  • the steering wheel 3 generally comprises the boss portion 4 which is connected to the steering shaft, an annular grip or rim portion 5 which extends around the boss portion 4 and a plurality of spokes 6 which extend between the boss portion and the rim portion 5.
  • the boss portion 4 has a socket portion 4a in which the upper end of the steering shaft is intimately and tightly put.
  • the air bag device 1A comprises an air bag 2 for protecting the driver D, a base plate 7 for supporting the air bag 2, an inflater 8 for producing gas, a retainer 9 for retaining the inflater 8 on the base plate 7 and the cover member 10 for covering the air bag 2 in a folded condition.
  • the cover member 10 shown in this drawing has been already broken due to expansion of the air bag 2.
  • the base plate 7 is produced by pressing a metal plate.
  • the base plate 7 comprises a rectangular major portion and four side walls that project downward from four sides of the major portion.
  • the major portion is formed with a circular opening for putting therein the inflater 8.
  • a plurality of bolt holes (not shown) are formed in the major portion around the circular opening.
  • the side walls of the base plate 7 are provided with connecting pieces that are connected to a core metal of the boss portion 4.
  • the inflater 8 comprises a cylinder body 8a which is put in the circular opening of the base plate 7 and an annular flange 8b which extends around the cylinder body 8a.
  • the cylinder body 8a has therearound a plurality of gas ejection openings 8c. As shown, these gas ejection openings 8c are positioned above the flange 8b.
  • the annular flange 8b is formed with a plurality of bolt holes which are mated with the bolt holes of the base plate 7.
  • the retainer 9 comprises an annular plate and a plurality of bolts which extend downward from the annular plate.
  • the annular flange of the inflater 8 is put on the peripheral portion of the circular opening of the base plate 7 and position adjustment is so made that the bolt openings of the annular flange are mated with the corresponding bolt openings of the base plate 7 respectively. Then, the annular retainer 9 is put on the annular flange of the inflater 8 having the bolts inserted through the mated bolt openings respectively, and then, nuts (not shown) are tightly engaged with the bolts.
  • the base plate 7, the inflater 8 and the retainer 9 constitute an integrated unit which is fixed to the boss portion 4 of the steering wheel 3.
  • the cover member 10 is made of a molded plastic, and comprises a convex center portion 10a which covers the integrated unit, and a wall portion 10b which surrounds the integrated unit. As is understood from Fig. 1, the wall portion 10b is secured to the side walls of the base plate 7. For this securing, a retainer belt extending along the side walls of the base plate 7 and bolts and nuts are used. If desired, rivets may be used in place of the bolts and nuts.
  • the convex center portion 10a of the cover member 10 is formed at its inner surface with a groove or tear line that is easily broken when pressed by the air bag 2 upon expansion of the same.
  • Fig. 1 that shows the expanded condition of the air bag 2 denoted by 10x and 10y are the portions where the tear line has been present.
  • the air bag 2 generally comprises a first circular fabric 21 which faces the steering wheel 3, a second circular fabric 22 which faces the interior of the vehicle and a smaller diameter third circular fabric 23 which is sewed on an inner surface of the first circular fabric 21.
  • These three fabrics 21, 22 and 23 are woven fabrics of Nylon (trade name) and they are concentric with one another when properly assembled.
  • peripheral portions 24 of the first and second circular fabrics 21 and 22 are sewed together.
  • the air bag 2 is shaped flat.
  • the first circular fabric 21 is formed at its center portion with a gas inlet opening 28 into which an upper part of the inflater 8 is projected.
  • the gas ejection openings 8c of the inflater 8 are exposed to the interior of the air bag 2.
  • a peripheral portion of the gas inlet opening 28 is tightly put between the flange of the inflater 8 and the annular retainer 9.
  • the third circular fabric 23 serves as a gas guide means, and is smaller in size than the first and second circular fabrics 21 and 22.
  • the diameter of the third circular fabric 23 is slightly larger than 1/2 of that of the first circular fabric 21.
  • the third circular fabric 23 comprises a center portion 23a which covers over the upper end of the inflater 8, an annular intermediate portion 23b which is sewed on the inner surface of the first circular fabric 21 and a peripheral portion 23c which is free from the first circular fabric 21.
  • annular intermediate portion 23b is sewed on the first circular fabric 21 by four circular points S-1, S-2, S-3 and S-4 which are arranged at equally spaced intervals in a manner to surround the inflater 8.
  • each sewed circular point S-1, S-2, S-3 or S-4 is provided by making a double stitching on a circular portion, so that the space defined in the circular point is sealed from the surrounding.
  • the circular point S-4 is formed with a vent opening 35 through which the interior of the air bag 2 is communicated with the outside of the same. It is to be noted that the vent opening 35 is not exposed to the gas flow passages P-3 and P-4, but exposed to the major portion of the interior of the air bag 2. In other words, the vent opening 35 is provided at a remote position from the gas ejection openings 8c of the inflater 8 with respect to a gas flow passage defined in the air bag 2.
  • vent openings 35 may be provided in some of the circular points S-1, S-2, S-3 and S-4. Tests have revealed that the best result is obtained when the number of the vent openings 35 is two.
  • the annular retainer 9 is put into the space between the first and third circular fabrics 21 and 23, and the bolts of the retainer 9 are inserted through the mated bolt openings of the flange of the inflater 8 and the base plate 7 having the peripheral portion of the gas inlet opening 28 of the first circular fabric 21 put between the retainer 9 and the flange of the inflater 8. Then, the nuts are engaged with the bolts for providing a unit that includes the air bag 2, the base plate 7, the inflater 8 and the retainer 9. Then, the air bag is folded into a small size and the cover member 10 is secured to the base plate 7 in a manner to cover the folded air bag 2.
  • the unit with the cover member 10 is mounted to the boss portion 4 of the steering wheel 3 in the above-mentioned manner.
  • the inflater 8 Upon a vehicle collision, the inflater 8 is energized to eject a certain amount of gas from the gas ejection openings 8c. Thus, the air bag 2 is instantly expanded to protect the driver D (see Fig. 3D). At an initial stage of the expansion, the cover member 10 is broken to allow full expansion of the air bag 2 instantly.
  • the gas is forced to change its traveling direction near the peripheral portion of the air bag 2. This change in traveling direction causes the peripheral portion of the air bag 2 to expand.
  • expansion of the air bag 2 is carried out stepwise. That is, before the full expansion, the air bag 2 can take such a half-expanded condition as shown in Fig. 3B. This is very effective to protect a driver D who has been seated out of position with his or her upper half positioned very close to the steering wheel 3. That is, such expansion manner is very effective for safely receiving the driver D.
  • the expansion speed of the air bag 2 can be easily controlled or adjusted by only changing the number or size of the sewed points S-1, S-2, S-3 and S-4. Due to this change, the size of each gas flow passage P-1, P-2, P-3 or P-4 is changed.
  • the fabric 22 can expand largely in an axial direction, which increases the driver protecting ability of the air bag 2.
  • vent opening 35 Since the vent opening 35 is provided at a remote position from the gas ejection openings 8c of the inflater 8, the gas from the gas ejection openings 8c is effectively used for expanding the air bag 2. If the vent opening 35 is positioned near the gas ejection openings 8c, remarked loss of air tends to occur.
  • vent opening 35 is provided in the first circular fabric 21 that faces toward the steering wheel 3, the driver D is away from the gas discharged from the vent opening 35.
  • the inflater 8 Due to provision of the third circular fabric 23, relatively long travelling passages for the gas are provided in the air bag 2. Thus, the high temperature gas from the inflater 8 can be sufficiently cooled during traveling in the passages until it is discharged through the vent opening 35. This means that a low cost type can be used as the inflater 8.
  • the usage does not bring about substantial drawbacks on the size and weight of the air bag 2 and the easiness with which the air bag 2 is folded. Furthermore, for the same reason, the cost of the air bag device 1A can be reduced.
  • vent opening 35 is provided in the circular point S-4 that serves to connect the first and third circular fabrics 21 and 23, compact and simplified structure of the air bag 2 is obtained.
  • gas flow passages P-1, P-2, P-3 and P-4 defined between the first and third circular fabrics 21 and 23 have each a convexly curved entrance (see Fig. 2), gas flow into the passages P-1, P-2, P-3 and P-4 is smoothly carried out, which brings about a speedy and assured expansion of the air bag 2.
  • FIG. 4 there is shown an air bag device 1B of a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • a measure is further employed wherein a maximally swelled part "MAX" of the center portion 23a of the third circular fabric 23 is controlled below an imaginary plane "V" that is defined by an upper surface of the rim portion 5 of the steering wheel 3.
  • This measure is embodied by changing or adjusting the position of the sewed circular points S-1, S-2, S-3 and S-4. With this measure, the driver D who has been seated with his or her upper half positioned very close to the steering wheel 3 is much safely protected by the air bag 2.
  • FIG. 5 there is shown an air bag device 1C of a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • the top of the center portion 23a of the third circular fabric 23 is fixed to the top of the inflater 8 by means of a connector 51.
  • this connector 51 substantially same effect as that of the above-mentioned second embodiment 1B is obtained. That is, the swelling of the center portion 23a of the third circular fabric 23 is restricted not to extend beyond the imaginary plane "V".
  • FIG. 6 and 7 there is shown an air bag device 1D of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • annular baffle plate 55 is employed, which is arranged to surround the inflater 8. As is well seen from Fig. 7, the baffle plate 55 is formed with gas guide slots 55a through which the gas from the inflater 8 is guided to the gas flow passages P-1, P-2, P-3 and P-4. With this baffle plate 55, the gas flow toward the gas flow passages is rectified.
  • FIG. 8 there is shown an air bag device 1E of a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
  • the sewed peripheral portions 24 of the air bag 2 are placed inside of the air bag 2.
  • FIGs. 9 and 10 there is shown an air bag device 1F of a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
  • each rectangular point S-1', S-2', S-3' or S-4' is provided by making a stitching along a rectangular path in a single stroke manner.
  • the point S-4' includes a semicircular stitched part that surrounds the vent opening 35.
  • vent openings may be provided depending on the air bag expansion speed needed. That is, small vent openings may be provided in the first circular fabric 21 near the boss portion 4 of the steering wheel 3.
  • the air bag device may be mounted on other portions, such as an instrument panel for protecting a front seat passenger, a portion along a side door for protecting a side body of the passenger, a back of a back rest of a front seat for protecting a rear seat passenger and the like.

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  1. Dispositif de coussin gonflable comprenant :
    des premier et deuxième tissus (21, 22) ayant des parties périphériques cousues ensemble pour former une structure de coussin ;
    une ouverture d'admission de gaz (28) formée dans ledit premier tissu ;
    un troisième tissu (23) plus petit en taille que lesdits premier et deuxième tissus (21, 22), ledit troisième tissu (23) étant installé dans ladite structure de coussin de manière à recouvrir ladite ouverture d'admission de gaz (28) ;
    une pluralité de parties cousues (S-1 à S-4, S-1' à S-4') définissant des zones fermées par lesquelles lesdits premier et troisième tissus (21, 23) sont cousus ensemble ;
    une pluralité de passages d'écoulement de gaz (P-1 à P-4) agencés entre lesdits premier et troisième tissus (21, 23), chaque passage d'écoulement de gaz (P-1 à P-4) étant défini entre deux zones voisines desdites zones fermées ; et
    une ouverture de mise à l'air libre (35) qui s'étend à travers au moins une desdites zones fermées et qui est définie dans l'une des parties cousues (S-1 à S-4, S-1' à S-4') entre lesdits premier et troisième tissus (21, 23) pour assurer une communication entre une partie principale de l'intérieur de ladite structure de coussin et l'extérieur de celle-ci,
    dans lequel ledit troisième tissu (23) comprend une partie centrale (23a) qui recouvre ladite ouverture d'admission de gaz (28) ; et une partie intermédiaire annulaire (23b) qui est reliée audit premier tissu (21) par l'intermédiaire desdites parties cousues, caractérisé en ce que ledit troisième tissu (23) comprend également une partie périphérique (23c) qui est exempte dudit premier tissu (21).
  2. Dispositif de coussin gonflable selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chacun desdits passages d'écoulement de gaz (P-1 à P-4) a une entrée incurvée de manière convexe pour uniformiser l'écoulement de gaz à travers celle-ci.
  3. Dispositif de coussin gonflable selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que chacune desdites parties cousues (S-1 à S-4) a une forme circulaire.
  4. Dispositif de coussin gonflable selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que ladite entrée incurvée de manière convexe est formée comme un arc.
  5. Dispositif de coussin gonflable selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par des moyens de suppression d'un gonflement excessif par lesquels un gonflement excessif dudit troisième tissu (23) dans ladite structure de coussin est supprimé.
  6. Dispositif de coussin gonflable selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par un élément rectifiant un écoulement de gaz qui est agencé entre ladite ouverture d'admission de gaz (28) et chacun desdits passages d'écoulement de gaz (P-1 à P-4) pour rectifier l'écoulement de gaz provenant de ladite ouverture d'admission de gaz (28) en direction desdits passages d'écoulement de gaz (P-1 à P-4).
  7. Dispositif de coussin gonflable selon au moins une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que lesdits premier, deuxième et troisième tissus (21, 22, 23) ont une forme circulaire et sont agencés de manière concentrique.
  8. Dispositif de coussin gonflable selon au moins une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé par une unité de support pouvant être reliée à une partie de moyeu (4) d'un volant de direction (3);
    un gonfleur (8) supporté par ladite unité de support, ledit gonfleur (8) incluant une partie d'éjection de gaz (8c), dans lequel ladite partie d'éjection de gaz (8c) dudit gonfleur (8) est passée à travers ladite ouverture d'admission de gaz (28) de sorte que ladite partie d'éjection de gaz (8c) est exposée vers l'intérieur de ladite structure de coussin, et ledit troisième tissu (23) est installé dans ladite structure de coussin de manière à recouvrir la partie d'éjection de gaz (8c) dudit gonfleur (8).
  9. Dispositif de coussin gonflable selon la revendication 8, caractérisé par une plaque déflectrice annulaire (55) qui est agencée pour entourer ledit gonfleur (8), ladite plaque déflectrice (55) étant formée avec beaucoup de fentes de guidage de gaz (55a) à travers lesquelles le gaz provenant de la partie d'éjection de gaz (8c) dudit gonfleur (8) est guidé jusqu'aux passages d'écoulement de gaz (P-1 à P-4).
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